Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to people much richer than I.

Everyone was worried about Ken. He had yelled at Mimi and Sora and stormed off. I was at Kari's house, along with TK and Matt. Sora had emailed Kari, telling her what happened. She ushered me out of the room and locked the door to tell TK, Matt and her brother something. I tried to eavesdrop, but I only heard whispers. Why wasn't I included? I wondered. When they finished talking, they let me in the room and looked at me.

"Yolei, you have to go find Ken, you're the only one he'll listen to," Tai ordered.

"Why me? I don't even know what's going on. You all know what's wrong with him. What can I do?"

"It's because we know that we can't help him. Look, just know this: he's upset with all of us, but with Davis and Mimi the most. We can't tell you more," Matt looked at me.

"We're afraid he'll hurt himself, or someone else. You have to help him," Kari begged.

Kari's D-Terminal beeped. She looked at the email. "It's a note from Davis, he says Ken's in the park, and that Ken's been drinking."

Both Tai's and Matt's face looked panicked. "How could Davis be so stupid? Why did he say something?" Matt looked like he was going to do something stupid himself.

Tai grabbed my arm and brought me to the door, "Go to the park, and get Ken to stop drinking and to calm down."

I was still confused, but did as they asked.

Ken was in the park, as Davis's email said. I watched Ken wander around the park. He couldn't walk in straight lines. He was really drunk. I again wondered how I could help him. I walked over to Ken, who smiled upon seeing me. He tried to walk over to me, but fell down as he did. He got up again. He was holding a bottle of alcohol in his hand.

"Ken, why are you drinking?"

He took a swig of the bottle and offered it to me, "Want some?"

"No Ken, I want you to stop drinking."

"I would do anything for you, for your smiling face," He looked at me, still holding the bottle out. He paused for a moment to thing and took the bottle back and hugged it close to his chest, "Except that."

"Why are you drinking? Why are you so upset?"

"Davis and Mimi can go to hell."

"Why Ken? Tell me what happened?"

"Did you know that you are really pretty, Yolei? You could be a model, or something." He drank more of the vile stuff.

"Ken, will you please give me the bottle?"

"But I need it. I need it to make the pain go away."

"Why are you in pain? Ken! Please answer me!"

Ken fell down again, "My friends hurt me, they told my secret. I didn't want anyone to know my secret."

"What secret?"

"You," Ken pointed the bottle at me. "You are my secret. I love you, Yolei. I've loved you since we beat Malomyotismon." Ken threw the bottle to the ground, where it smashed. "I just wanted you to love me." Ken started to cry. I led him to a bench where he sat down. He leaned against me. He suddenly tried very hard to be sober. "This isn't the alcohol. I really do love you. I've wanted to tell you for a long time, but I couldn't. You didn't love me. You couldn't love me. I was the Digimon Emperor. How could you love me?" Ken started to cry in his hands.

"But Ken, I do like you. I really like you. I don't care if you were the Digimon Emperor, it doesn't change my feelings. Ken, if you promise to never drink like this again, I'll go out on a date with you."

"I'd do anything to go on a date with you," he said between tears. I wrapped my arms around him as he cried. Soon, the tears turned into snores. When I knew he was fast asleep, I called up Joe, hoping he would know what to do. Joe drove over and put a sleeping Ken in his car. Joe dropped me off home, promising to let Ken stay with him for the night and to take care of him. My night, however, wasn't over yet.

"Kari, you know what happened! You have to tell me. I know this involves me."

"Yolei, that's why he's upset, he's a private person and didn't want to tell people how he felt."

"Kari, he told me he loved me."

Kari looked at me, debating whether to tell me or not. She sighed, giving in to my harsh stare. "I'll tell you what I know, although the boys know more than me."

"Go get the boys, we'll settle this right now."

Kari sighed as we went to Tai's room, finding him along with TK and Matt. I forced them to tell me all they knew. We even sent emails to Mimi, to get the full story. It took a while, but I knew what Ken had been through the past month. They wanted to know what Ken had said to me, but I refused. I knew how much Ken's privacy meant to him and I wasn't going to screw up this relationship. I loved Ken too much to hurt him.

A/N: The story's almost over! One chapter left! So, people, it's up to you! Do you want the last chapter?